simplen00b
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Voted.
If you haven't seen it yet, or just need a refresher:
Brilliant (but I reserve my basic human right to pick locks and my nose)(not at the same time though).
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I had a few problems getting this FM to work; the steps I went through (IIRC) were: -
1. New install of TDP
2. Applied the TFix patch
3. Applied the tgpatch_basic.exe patch (don't think you need this if you've already got Thief Gold)
4. Copied convict.osm from my T2 folder to the TDP folder
5. Ran the darkloader tweak (see the 'Notes' section in the OP).
All fine after that.
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Dunno where you're based, but at the moment Amazon UK has got second-hand copies of Doom 3 for PC for £0.19 + postage.
Join uuuusssss......
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've tried powering it on with a Windows 7 CD, an Ubuntu install CD and a Macrium Reflect Recovery CD in the drive, but no joy. I had hopes - for a few seconds - with the Ubuntu CD, as the screen stayed black and it sounded like it was checking the CD drive, but after a slightly longer pause it still came up with the "Rfh" screen as usual.
No "Do not remove/warranty void" stickers on the bottom so PranQster's suggestion may be the way to go. Thanks for the article link as well - when the laptop does get going again, I'll remove the option to have hibernation. (It's great when it works - much faster than booting from scratch - but the thought of having this hovering me every time I use it = not good.)
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That's the problem - it's not at the Windows boot-up stage. Windows was (is) already loaded and I had put it into hibernation (which has been working fine up to now). Now when I turn it on I get the standard "Resume from hibernation" screen - normally this flashes up for a few seconds before going straight to the desktop (or whatever I've left open), but now it just hangs on that screen.As that seems to have failed, press " F8 " when windows starts loading and then choose "start windows normaly" instead of resuming.
Not without opening it up, and as it's still under warranty, I'm not keenI suppose you cant check to see if there's a loose cable on the harddrive, or a loose cable on the keyboard.
. I'll contact the manufacturer and see what they have to say.
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For the last 24 hours, my lovely 9-month-old high-spec laptop has been stuck in hibernation mode, and nothing I've done so far has changed anything. Whatever I do when I power the laptop up, it comes up with the usual 'Resume from Hibernation' screen that it's always done, and then - it justs sits there. There's hard drive activity for about five seconds, and then nothing.
For the record, I've taken the battery out, and tried various combinations of i) holding the 'power on/off' button for anything from 10 - 60 seconds while connected/disconnected from the mains power; ii) powering up the laptop and then switching off the mains power; iii) hammering away at the F8 (and other F buttons) like a demented woodpecker while powering it up.
It's possible that I configured the 'power on/off' button to send the laptop into hibernation mode way back, but can't really remember as I haven't used it to power the laptop down for ages, only to turn it on. From the internet searches I've done, it sounds like it's a problem with Windows rather than the laptop (memory leaks - ? - from open programmes, espec. Firefox - ???), which, if it's the case, means a big thumbs-up to Microsoft there!!!
Any suggestions very welcome!
P.S. Currently back on my old Intel HD-integrated graphics-powered Samsung, and last night relived the visual splendour of playing Glenham Tower at an average fps of about, ooh, 7
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are you aware of the fact that guards are wearing armor, I know it's a game but ...
Good point. On a slightly different but connected note, I do have a slight issue with the thing of alerted guards spending the game with their swords drawn - those things are heavy, y'know - but it's really more a whinge that (if they're helmeted) I can't ever knock 'em out
My objection to undead climbing onto tables is that tables are my favourite means of defence & attack against em -
get onto one where they can't reach you, then inch/lean forward with the sword and whack em good
What were we talking about again? Oh yeah. Wall climbing AI. Can't really see the point personally, but happy to be proved wrong. Given I have a concept for an AI you can't see but can only hear, I'm not in a position to dismiss other people's ideas
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OK...challenge accepted...dl'ed and started playing and it did a Shalebridge on me within three minutesYou have to face your fears, my friend!just caught a glimpse of a (the?) thing. Help mummy....
Gotta say I like the apocalyptic set-up, and LOVE the black & white, er, black & whiteness of it (apart from the glimpses of sky through the occasional skylight, which have a greeny-blue tint).
I'll carry on tomorrow. During the day.
Ooh. And Fen (not Fenn - sorry) has an LP already...
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How are you getting on with it so far?
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Guards jumping up tables
Guards, yes, no problem.
Zombies and revenants, no.
No no no.
No no no no no no no no no.
No.
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I played the Rockbourg series up until the Transition Zone (?) in Ink and Dust, at which point I got so unnerved I couldn't carry on playing. Just finished watching it on Fenn's and frankly that was scary enough.
The guy's a genius but I'm going to wait for Fenn to do a Let's Play and watch it there.
**whimper**
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Thanks Melan - not sure if 'impressive' is the right word (unless it refers to the number of times I plummeted to my death), but it was definitely legit (and didn't involve crates)Very impressive if you got up there through legit means, though.
Jumping from gargoyle to gargoyle: -
by which I mean (i) jump, miss and die several dozen times; (ii) finally manage to make one successful jump; (iii) save game; (iv) repeat steps i - iii.
Well, I enjoyed myself.
NB I may be using the word 'enjoyed' in a way that may not be shared by others.
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This isn't one of them is it?a couple of small bonus locations but be warned they are not easy
Nah. Didn't think so.
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Anyone had this happen? I start going back up the slope to the starting point but instead of going up it, I sink down beneath it:
Got a video clip of the effect in action I could upload if it'd help (I drop an KO'd guard on the slope and he vanishes, which is quite cool).
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Wow....can't believe he stealthed the whole thing on his fourth playthrough. Didn't even use any water arrows (but think he may have been lucky at times, especially walking up stairs and not meeting any AI). Very impressive.
Now if I did a playthrough, it would be like watching Doom 3. I love Glenham Tower, but having undead groaning and clanking around just freaks me out. Ah whack them zombies up real good (and end up with a stealth score of 20 zillion).
BTW, did I miss something with the boot at the end?
He seemed to carry it all the way down and then just drop it...
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Now down to £20 on amazon UK.
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Cool.
@MD - I've just downloaded one of the pix from Minus and it's exactly the same number of bytes as the original screenshot. So I guess it's to do with how TDM is saving the screenshots rather than anything Minus is doing. Is there a way of getting it to save screenshots in png or tiff format?
EDIT: OK, I've been a noob - TDM was saving screenshots as 99% jpegs, but I was then resaving them (without checking the jpeg settings) as 85% jpegs.
:blush: However, have also worked out how to save screenshots as pngs (via changing the seta r_screenshot_format setting to "png", if anyone else is interested).For future reference, what's the best format to offer screenshots?
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Added some more In the North screenshots: http://minus.com/mK2MmdjRJneBh/, including one with a female guard that I think's quite cool:
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Done these few from ItN for starters - if any of them are any use, feel free to use: -
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Worked fine for me...is there a bigger picture I'm missing?For example, http://thiefmissions...eceptiveShadows gets you the download without any additional clicks, but I suspect that doesnt' really work.
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+1. Your new one looks loads better.looking good.
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That looks like it was a problem with the original mission upload, but it's been updated to v1.1 and now works with 1.19 FM loader - http://thiefmissions...m/TellTaleHeartSome people are reporting that dosent work for them, but Darkloader does.
Oh mercy - mantling.I have been spoilt by DarkMod - I had forgotten all the old annoyances with Thief 2 controls etc.
What.
On.
Earth.
I try jumping onto a bed or a sofa and end up clattering around with all the stealth of a drunk giraffe on stilts
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They're going down the DLC add-on route, apparently - http://www.eurogamer...ed-arena-battleIt is hard to say how they could make a sequel, and they probably shouldn't, but I'd happily buy a Dishonored Gold edition or a game in the same style with a different environment and story.
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OK...it's £25 on amazon, which is about £20 more than I've spent on a game in the last ten years, so it's stupid to even think about splashing that amount of money out. And then you guys come up with this:
I wanted to for this one to show my support for Digi & Purah and because it's a game in "our" tradition, or closer than any other game around anymore. I'm happy I felt like I splurged a little for it. Sometimes it feels good to do that for things you care about.
the mantling system is great fun. Its as good as TDMs but the levels seem to really try and take advantage of it by making some great challenges.
I went rooftopping a lot (which feels very satisfying)
You know how to tempt a (spider)noob...
T1 Fan Mission: Between These Dark Walls - by Skacky
in Fan Missions
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All I know is that after a fair bit of messing around (the number & type of Thief patches out there is quite confusing), it worked after going through the above steps. Which made me very happy cuz this is a really good mission. (Maybe it's just me getting used to it, but the climbing and mantling felt much easier than the T2 FMs I've played recently. In "Better Tomorrow" and "Ominous Bequest" I felt like had an 80-90% failure rate for jumping onto things - with this one it felt like an 80-90% success rate.)